The third, which was going to 5% of users, was part of the Windows block. Two were going to 95% of our users and were not part of the Windows block. “We had three uTorrent executables being served from our site. “We believe that this passive flag changed to active just hours ago with the Windows patch Tuesday update, when a small percent of users started getting an explicit block,” the company told us. is aware of the problems but believes they’re false positives triggered by one of their recent releases. ESET-NOD32 lists “Web Companion” as the trigger, which likely points to Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware software, which is sometimes bundled with uTorrent. According to VirusTotal, a handful of anti-virus companies label uTorrent as problematic. It’s unclear what exactly triggered the recent warning. This week, however, alarm bells started to go off on a broader scale. The company has had a dedicated Utorrent page for a while, labeling it as a severe threat. Microsoft categorizes the affected clients as “Potentially Unwanted Software,” as can be seen below.
Several anti-virus tools, including Windows Defender, suddenly labeled the torrent client as dangerous. While the software usually runs without hassle, many users started to experience problems recently. Installed on dozens of millions of devices, uTorrent is the go-to torrent client for people all around the world.
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